If you and your horse do not have a good relationship on the ground, you do not belong in the saddle. I see a lot of horses walking over top of their handlers, dragging their handlers around, handlers begging horses to go forward or trying to hold them back. I see many who can’t back their horses on the ground or move them laterally. Horses that do not go straight and balanced on the ground but are expected to go straight and balanced with a rider. Tense horses on the ground that can’t self regulate but are expected to carry a rider.
Trainer’s Tip Tuesday
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